The ScoopDay 58. Wine 16. Today we look at a wine that I used to buy quite frequently, and now I remember why! The De Bortoli Petit Syrah from Australia is a real pleaser and good quality for the price. I talked about the differences between Syrah, Shiraz, and Petit Syrah before, here. Petit Syrah (also called Durif) is … [Read more...]

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Day 22. Wines 8 and 9.
So I embarked upon an experiment this evening for you, dear readers. By now we may be seeing a small trend emerge - nothing with predictable correlation (yes, I have been working hard on the project this week), but perhaps an ever so slightly developing theme that the more expensive … [Read more...]